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Posted: 19 Aug 2011 10:05 AM PDT

2011/08/19
By Elvina Fernandez
elvina@nst.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: The death of a 11-year-old girl in Meru, Klang, last week was caused by severe dehydration.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said Nurdini Mohamad Ali suffered vomiting and diarrhoea due to food poisoning, which led to severe dehydration.

"This caused a condition where her organs could not take it and led to a failure known as a hypovolemic shock," he said yesterday.

Members of her family were admitted to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital when they showed similar symptoms after breaking fast with otak-otak and ais batu campur (ABC) bought from a stall at a Ramadan bazaar near their house in Taman Seri Mewah, Fasa 2, Meru.

He said 152 stalls at the bazaar were inspected and three were closed, including the otak-otak, ABC and ayam panggang stalls.

Dr Hasan said the ABC sample taken from the bazaar was positive for salmonella and the ice was contaminated with bacillus cereus emetic toxin.

"This bacteria can cause vomiting and diarrhoea leading to severe dehydration and if not treated early can lead to death."

Dr Hasan said two of Nurdini's siblings and the family's maid were tested positive for the salmonella bacteria.

Meanwhile, random checks on the food and drinks sold at 47 Ramadan bazaars in the city showed that 19 per cent of the food was contaminated.

The contaminated food included kuih sago, tepung pelita, ketayap, popiah basah (raw popiah), seri muka, and nasi lemak sambal while the drinks included soya bean, watermelon, corn and rose syrup

City Hall health director Dr Sallehudin Abu Bakar said 53 out of the 278 food samples tested were contaminated with E-coli, coliform and staphylococcus aureus due to poor personal and food handling hygiene

E-coli is caused by faecal contamination, and staphylococcus aureus can be transmitted via the skin while coliform is a proxy bacteria which can be found everywhere.

"The contamination showed that the traders did not wash properly after going to the toilet, handled food with their bare hands and did not cover the food and drinks."

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Help for Bumi firms on merit

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 10:04 AM PDT

2011/08/19
By Alang Bendahara
alang@nst.com.my

Datuk Seri Najib Razak addressing participants at the convention organised by the Gagasan Badan Ekonomi Melayu at Universiti Teknologi Mara in Shah Alam. — NST picture by Roslin Mat Tahir

SHAH ALAM: The concept of meritocracy will be practised in the agenda to assist Bumiputera entrepreneurs, and the Unit Peneraju Agenda Bumiputera (Teraju) is in the process of listing 1,100 Malay companies that are capable of achieving success on Bursa Malaysia.

The programme database is being prepared and will kick off soon.

"This programme represents a new approach based on meritocracy among Buniputeras with no question of cronyism but only to help those who can truly succeed," Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib said yesterday.

He said the switch in the approach towards assisting Bumiputera entrepreneurs based on meritocracy was seen as being better as previous methods, such as giving initial public offerings (IPOs) through the Bumiputera quota, did not last long as the shares were often resold on the market.

"I want to state and you should not be shocked that of the 60 billion shares distributed to Bumiputeras at one time under IPOs, only two billion is left today. Why? Because the model is not sustainable.

"If we want to help Malay companies, they must prove their worth as committed and hard working entrepreneurs.

"I say to them, it is not who you know, it is not know who but know how," he said when opening a two-day convention, "Empowering the New Economic Model: A Bumiputera Economic Jihad", organised by the Gagasan Badan Ekonomi Melayu (GABEM) at Universiti Teknologi Mara, here, yesterday.

Najib, who is also finance minister, said Bumiputeras involved in vendor development with Petronas and Tenaga Nasional Berhad as well as 'F' class contractors should be bold enough to venture out from their cocoon.

"After five years they should migrate to other businesses or move to a higher contractor class."

Teraju was set up as a unit in the Prime Minister's Department, reporting directly to the prime minister and the Majlis Tindakan Agenda Bumiputera.

The main objective for the setting-up of Teraju was to lead, coordinate and drive Bumiputera transformation and participation in the economy to reduce the economic gap that exists between Bumiputeras and other races, he added.

In his speech, Najib also told non-Malay businessmen to be grateful to the government and ruling party leaders for having created a conducive environment for businesses. He said in return, they should accept the government's plan to strengthen the participation of Bumiputeras in economic activities.

"I say that it is true that the non-Malays became rich because of hard work but it is no less important to note that they became rich also because of our country's stability and sound administration."

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